Vampire Repaint

[Charl]

Here's a doodle...you have to take some liberties with this one, to fit the roundels on the tailboom etc.
Anyone know what happens underneath?
Assume there's a roundel...
Is there a Serial Number?

[Kea]

I think there were smaller roundels underneath at the wingtips and on the older models large serials on each wing underside. But don't quote me on that, someone may have to go and have a look at the models at the Wigram Museum or at the Ohakea Base entrance.

The RVM at the back of the boom is also a civilian registration, not part of the original scheme.

Looks pretty good though - is this for Alphasim or the FSFrance freeware model? I'd be keen to get my sticky fingers on it...

[Ian Warren]

Paint plans for this one incoming Charl - Steve'Fauville'Jarvis has the other , in wigram this morn have another photo s of the main markings , stencils the same different mark layout . Hells all over the T11 couple weeks back ... lost those photos 'somewhere'

[Charl]

Woohoo!
Kea, it's the freeware version...not quite "our" model but looks like a Vampire alright!

[Fauville]

Ian, not sure why, but the NZ5772 markings that you sent through keep locking up my PSP when I try and open it, because its a CDR fileperhaps??, the Camo one was fine.

[Ian Warren]

Can you change the file to WMF format ? .. took it for granted you possibly had Corel draw , i can modify from my end and resend

[Charl]

I had the same issue, couldn't open the cdr files.
Being the impatient sort, however, I simply draped a photo over the model, and filled in some of the bits.
It looks better in the sim than in the paint, strangely, once it has a bit of alpha channel.
It leaves you with some headaches, and probably will look good only from about 3 angles.
I'll finish it and see what comes out, interesting exercise...

[SeanG]

Small point... the Kiwis should be facing forwards, feet toward the fuse ;-)

Sean, the OCD mil nutter ;-)

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (SeanG @ Apr 27 2008, 09:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Small point... the Kiwis should be facing forwards, feet toward the fuse ;-)

Sean, the OCD mil nutter ;-)

Damm Kiwi's , wondering around all over the place someone please fence them in

[Charl]

QUOTE (SeanG @ Apr 27 2008, 09:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Small point... the Kiwis should be facing forwards, feet toward the fuse ;-)
Sean, the OCD mil nutter ;-)

Just my slightly offbeat sensahumour Sean, it's a well-dicussed topic here...
Still hoping someone can help with my under-the-wing question.

[SeanG]

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 27 2008, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Just my slightly offbeat sensahumour Sean, it's a well-dicussed topic here...
Still hoping someone can help with my under-the-wing question.

Offbeat humour.... ok I can do offbeat; What do you do with an elephant with three balls?


Anyway, back on subject, I don't have any later day photos of the Vampires, and none at all of the under wing detail. Anyone near Wigram? You could get a pick of the one in the Atrium....

Some Airliners.net pics....
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/De...6136&size=L (OK it's a T55...)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/New-Zealand...8065&size=L (Earlier scheme, with Serial under the wings)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/New-Zealand...XTID&size=L (Ohakea gate gaurdian, big roundels, no serials)

Good luck

SeanG

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE

Anyone near Wigram? You could get a pick of the one in the Atrium....
SeanG[/quote]
In Wiggy most mid/morn-day , font and underwing detail sent 10 x 6 year olds ... teaching kids aeroplanes .....EASY ... Damm Sarge ! Right you silly little man ! .... no more dads army impressions by me

Great fun by all

Last edited by Ian Warren on Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Charl]

OK...eyes right, you 'orrible little man, Wingman has already SENT you the stuff
but Sarge, it has a roundel...
Shut up, speak when you're spoken to! Put the bird in there, then make sure it faces feet in!
sarge, what about the writing?
Eeenuff of this, put the writing there and nobody'll bleeding know any better, will they, aye??
Make sure it's the same as on the boom eh? now get on!

QUOTE (SeanG @ Apr 27 2008, 11:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Offbeat humour.... ok I can do offbeat; What do you do with an elephant with three balls?
Anyway, back on subject, I don't have any later day photos of the Vampires, and none at all of the under wing detail.

Appreciate your help there, Sean, no photos and none...
As to the elephants, we don't play enough baseball around here to understand the joke...
BUT: Do you know What's grey and not there??

[Fauville]

Charl, I see you have uploaded it to Avsim, looks good

Ian, appreciate it if you can resend in different file type, not having much joy my end

I have a photo I took of NZ5770 at the Southwards car museum about 14 years back, clearly shows large reg under both wings.......might do 72 and 70, only one number to change

[Ian Warren]

Done so , Nice thing with Corel is ability to drag exact font / stencil directly on to the paint , sent a modified frame using Adobe Iilstrator format ... fingers crossed

[Charl]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 28 2008, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Done so , Nice thing with Corel is ability to drag exact font / stencil directly on to the paint

'ang on a minnit...
What about dragging ALL the bits onto an open blank, then saving it as a BMP?

[SeanG]

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 28 2008, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Appreciate your help there, Sean, no photos and none...
As to the elephants, we don't play enough baseball around here to understand the joke...
BUT: Do you know What's grey and not there??

Woohoo! after all these years someone GETS the baseball reference ;-)

Ok I'll bite; What's grey and not there??

Oh and the "no photos and none".. I have early era Vampire shots, No late era ones, and none at all (early or late) which show underwing etc..... Sorry.. I stop making sense about this time most evenings

Sean

PS.. LOVE the Vampire paint! Good work!

[ardypilot]

Cheers for the paint Charl, I'll better go add nz5712.zip to the NZ Airshow Aircraft Register now!

[Charl]

Yeah it's up at AVSIM...it's easy to get heavy-handed with photoreal, and I did but thanks to "Wingman" Warren's brilliant intelligence, the bottom birds and script are all in the right place!

QUOTE (SeanG @ Apr 28 2008, 11:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ok I'll bite; What's grey and not there??
PS.. LOVE the Vampire paint! Good work!

Thanks!
Uh, NO elephants...

[Fauville]

Bit behind the 8 ball with life and work getting in the way, with Charl obviously charging ahead, finally got through all of Ian's emails and attachments, and am underway, very early WIP


got to work on that tail marking (should check what I am referencing )